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December 2012 Moms
lawjjg522
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Hospital Policy
lawjjg522
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Someone posted about this earlier and it had me thinking- What is my hospitals policy? I looked it up on the website and there were a few things I thought were strange.
These 3 to be specific
- Please keep visitors to two at a time and be aware that standing in
the hallways is not allowed. A lounge is available for visitors when not
in the patient's room. Is this normal? I remember when my nieces and nephews were born my SIL's parents, my mom, me and my brother were all visiting at the same time.. Or My mom and I drove my Grandma, etc.
- Video taping during delivery is not allowed, as video tape is
considered to be a part of the medical record. After both mother and
baby have been stabilized, taping is permitted when approved by the
physician or nurse caring for the mother and baby. Not that I want it video taped, but people do this all the time! And you have the right to have a copy of your own medical records..
- No children under the age of 12 are allowed to visit unless they are siblings of the infant. So based on previous policy, My brothers wouldnt be able to come with his wife and kids. Just him and his wife.
What do you gals think of these.... Are they normal and my family is just a bunch or rule breakers? lol
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Re: Hospital Policy
They seem pretty standard TBH. The first policy all depends on the staff. They may follow this policy, or they may not and be lax with it. Also, it could pertain to the pushing portion of the birth, and not the recovery portion. The second one, I got nothing there. The third seems to be pretty standard. Kids carry germs (things like the flu, pertussis, ect) and can spread through the whole ward. I know a lot of hospitals redoing their children policies to this due to pertussis and it being flu season.
The first one is both a safety thing and a workflow thing. Nurses and doctors need to be able to get in and out of rooms, and they need to be able to have easy access to a mom and her baby. If there's 20 people in the room and another 20 in the hallway, nurses/doctors (and other visitors) can't get anywhere in a hurry in an emergency situation. Most people won't have that many visitors, but if they don't spell it out, they can't enforce it, and somebody will take advantage. It's also probably for the new mom's sanity, so that she doesn't have 20 [really, unwanted] visitors fawning over her and the new baby 2 minutes after birth. Also, if you have 20 people in the hallway, there's no way for the nurses to pick out suspicious potential baby snatchers.
The video taping policy is, at its core, likely to protect the doctor from you having proof of malpractice (or coming up with reasons to sue him after you go home and watch the tape). Also, you have a right to your own medical records, but you have to fill out a bunch of paperwork to get it. :P
1. It is preferred that we limit the number of people to 3, but if we would like more there during the delivery, it can be discussed with the OB.
2. We were told to use our camera as we wished. There aren't any limits here, and, if desired, we can have a professional photographer/videographer in the room during delivery as well.
3. Children are allowed in as we wish during visiting hours, but they are not permitted to stay overnight.
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Only #3 applies at my hospital and they were strict about it. No kids under 12 unless they were the new babies siblings.
Rule #1, my hospital has no limit on number of family and friends to visit.
Rule #2, I don't know and never asked because I thought people do this all the time. Now I know some hospital don't allow. I will ask them next time in my next appointment.
Rule #3, my hospital allows children visit.
Yep. They all make sense so I'm ok with it.
DD 12/20/99, DS 12/14/12, M/C 9/2014, M/C 1/2015
I'm not trying to sound snarky or judgy toward those who do this, I'm just legitimately curious.
At my hospital they limit the number of people in the room to 2 during the actual birth. After that, it is completely up to me, I can have as many people in the room as I would like.
Nothing was ever mentioned about video cameras, honestly I only want my husband to start filming after she is born! haha
Nothing was mentioned about the age of visitors, I'm assuming all ages are allowed.
Rule #1-- We can have up to 4 people in the L&D room (not including medical staff) and anyone who is in the room when delivery begins stays in the room (conversely, anyone who is out of the room, must stay out). I don't know about postpartum.
Rule #2-- You can videotape pre-pushing and after delivery, but no video allowed during pushing. It's a liability thing for the hospital.
Rule #3-- I don't know. Didn't think to ask, since we're the first to have a munchkin, so there's no one under 12 who would be visiting, unless the kiddo got lost and wandered into the wrong room (ours).
None of these things bother me.
My hospital in the L&D is 3 people including hubby, everyone else needs to be in the waiting area, and they are strict about NO SWITCHING out once wrist bands are given for the L&D room.
Filming is allowed, but none of the people in the hospital tour including myself want it being filmed.
After delivery, there are time restrictions 24hr for SO, grandparents 6-6, and others 1-6.
And it's strictly enforced other than the maternity ward staff only the mother and father are allowed to take the baby from the nursery. The grandparents are allowed to bring the baby back to the nursery but not take them out, and others are not allowed to do either.
And the pp that asked about filming i by no means want it filmed! I just know a lot of people who have but never asked when they stopped filming or anything..